1 Nov
2006
1 Nov
'06
5:37 p.m.
IE can be a real nasty piece of work when it's not treated right, and
often even when it is.
I usually use firefox and the 3rd party extension called "Web Developer"
as this provides a page tester which tests even CSS errors (among other
very useful tools for general web development)
However, as you're talking IE, I still have some suggestions for you to
start out with.
[note: the following may sound patronising and are fairly low grade
checks, easy to do and quick to rule out common issues]
First things first though, if you are using IE7 then I would first test
with IE6, likewise if you are using any IE below IE6 then test first
with IE6. Purely as IE6 is the one version I have tested to death on my
end with Xwiki..
I would suggest starting with the built in Error reporting (a small icon
in the bottom left of the explorer window), to determine if any errors
in script are the cause. It is better to activate the actual
notification for finding problems though.
To enable the IE script notification:
1) Go to the menu "Tools" => "Internet Options"
2) Select the "Advanced" tab
3) Under browsing, make sure the option "Display a notification about
every script error" is checked.
4) Perform Xwiki operations suspected of causing an error, to eliminate
script problems.
CSS problems rarely cause IE to crash, but it is also worth checking
that any custom CSS is compliant with IE (CSS1 and some special IE CSS
only, if I recall correctly - IE6 and below don't support CSS1 or CSS2).
Short of that, I would need more information such as a screenshot of the
crash screen (choose to view the data being sent, this provides the
modules that are crashing and can give some indication of where the
problem lies).
-----Original Message-----
From: THOMAS, BRIAN M (SBCSI) [mailto:bt0008@att.com]
Sent: 01 November 2006 16:05
To: xwiki-users(a)objectweb.org
Subject: [xwiki-users] IE browser crash
In a sane world, this would serve as just one more reason not to click
on the blue 'e'. In my world, however, it threatens to scuttle a
project to re-host an enterprise-wide reference web site, so I'm hoping
someone else has seen this. Considering how little I have to go on, I'm
embarassed to share it with the list, but I'm approaching desparation.
The evidence I have is sketchy, so the characterization is a bit thin,
but here goes:
On XWiki 0.9.840, IE occasionally crashes while reloading a document
after saving it. The save succeeds, and reloading the doc again causes
no problems. I don't yet have a handle on the browser's memory use or
anything characterizing the other docs the users have visited, but it
appears to be unrelated to the specific document. At the moment I'm not
aware of crashes at any other times, so I'm grateful for that much,
being the firmest bit of evidence I've got.
Anyone had any similar experiences that might shed light on the subject?
brain[sic]